Recent content by el_loco_bielsa

Matter of time before we introduce him to the scouse dentists. We have the best in the world - just ask firmino who had to come all the way across the world via europe to finally discover decent dental care. He’ll have a shiny full set of gnashers in no time. Which he can flash whilst...

I think Edwards is basically using the numbers to try to fit the coach to the squad as accurately as he can - because they don’t fancy spending another £300m to completely re-fit the squad to play a completely new style. Slot‘s wagon-wheel is essentially an identikit to what klopp /lijnders...

He wants total control of transfers+not to work under a sporting director according to the reports coming out of portugal. Really, really limiting his choices if that is indeed true. Would explain why he went from favourite to out of the picture following his meeting with us and why the same...

Looking forward to him slotting right in to our heavy metal template. Klopp’s been looking a bit old and tired for a while and I can’t wait for a re-run of our wild-eyed PED driven bum-rush days of yore with a younger coach at the helm. Gonna be a fun ride.

There was always hyperbole, that isn’t new. He’s a superb finisher, we all know that. He is also rubbish at all sorts of other aspects of the game involving general play, which is why he’s often a passenger when deprived of service by better centre backs. No idea why that overall view is so...

So both sides had a non-penalty decision that they’re both crying about, both of which would’ve been given by a more generous referee, ergo cancelling each other out?

Such different players. Apples to oranges comparison. The fact that they both occupied city’s midfield for periods of time is pretty much the only common ground.

We’re discussing haaland here. Not Nunez/messi/batistuta/my dad/*enter random player name here. Haaland. And his similarity to imo an equally adept box-hogger and more adept one-touch finisher in Trezeguet. The kind of player who when he’s not allowed a single opening by opposition defenders...

He’s basically a shite trezeguet.

If you do end up with either of these two you guys need to be getting the green and gold scarves out again. It would truly signal a return to the days of moyes. Or remind me of the time we decided hodgson was a suitable choice as Liverpool manager.

I mean, he could crash and burn AVB style which is always the risk - but this isn’t moyes we’re talking about here. A closer equivalent to that would’ve been going for someone like Southgate. Or Gerrard. They’ve picked someone with the second highest win percentage (behind Pep) and a...

Best we could’ve hoped for out of the candidates available. Cross-career win percentage only bettered by Pep across all current managers, style reasonably similar to what we currently apply (vertical, direct, central overloads) albeit with a different formation. Similar defensive issues too...

Really hoping we swerve him, as I suspect we’re about to do. I think he’d get shown up at a big club in the EPL. If he’s making a step up, he needs to do it in a much more forgiving league like serie A.

You can always measure performance which translates as basic footballing ability, and he measures very well for that at least prior to this season. The subjective part of it is the stuff you can’t measure - injuries, mental fortitude, tactical adaptability, your fee as a player which is used as...

None of it was black magic recruitment. Every single one of the players signed measured well according to the numbers which is why they were signed. There are plenty of fan opinions on who may fail and who may succeed eg the car crash which were the beginnings of the mane and salah threads...